Sally Cooper (Melb)

Already a respected and sought-after career musician, Sally Cooper is a shining star in her own right.

For as long as she can remember, violin has always been part of this Melbournian's life. Somewhat of a child prodigy, the instrument has seen her develop from the school concert hall to the stage, to orchestras and to national television.

With her innate gift to play and her natural ability to perform, Sally was accepted into the Conservatorium of Music in her hometown of Adelaide at just eight years of age and was competing in national and international competitions and performing university-level concertos as a soloist with all major Australian orchestras from the age of nine.

In recent years, Sally is a much sought after musician, working in television, playing with the string section on The Footy Show. Before long a new string line-up, The String Collective, a quartet that featured Sally, was assembled for Dancing with the Stars and It Takes Two. Her career has propelled since then – “We do all the strings for X Factor, Australia’s Got Talent and Dancing with the Stars” she says.

It was towards the end of her musical studies at the Australian National Academy of Music when Sally found herself naturally drawn towards the pop genre. It was this move from classical to popular music, and her development of a new style blending the two genres with a very contemporary feel, which remains the key to Sally’s signature sound today.